NY PSC Denies Nat’l Grid Petition re LNG Vaporizers in Brooklyn
National Grid is desperately trying not to run out of natural gas for its customers in Brooklyn and Queens (on Long Island). For several years the company has fought a battle to run a tiny pipeline to its Greenpoint, Brooklyn facility to provide extra natural gas. National Grid has a backup plan in case it can't complete the pipeline project--add two extra LNG vaporizers to the Greenpoint facility to turn trucked LNG back into gas that can flow through the system. A so-called independent consultant reviewed the plan and filed a report last November with the state Public Utility Commission saying National Grid’s vaporizers aren’t needed (see NY PSC Consultant Says National Grid Doesn’t Need Brooklyn LNG). The PSC took its cue from the consultant and yesterday denied a request by National Grid to build the vaporizers.
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